Department for Education

Apprentices

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications of market uncertainty following the EU referendum for progress in meeting her target for creating new apprenticeships.

Robert Halfon: Some market and economic volatility can be expected as the process for leaving the EU unfolds. In recent years, however, the UK has been the fastest growing economy in the G7 and one of the strongest major advanced economies in the world. The Government has already outlined how this strength means that we are as well-placed as any economy could be to meet any economic challenges that lie ahead.

Apprentices: Degrees

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many degree apprenticeship places will be taken up by 2020.

Robert Halfon: Degree Apprenticeships are designed by groups of employers working with higher education institutions and will be driven by employer demand.We therefore do not use a top-down estimate of how many Degree Apprenticeships will be taken up by 2020, as part of our overall commitment to 3 million starts.Degree Apprenticeships provide a valuable route for people to obtain a degree-level qualification alongside training for a career, with employment from day one.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the UK representatives appointed to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

Alok Sharma: Holding answer received on 19 July 2016



The list of the members of the UK delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is available on the country pages of the IHRA website. The current UK delegation is:Sir Eric Pickles (UK Envoy for Post Holocaust Issues) – Head of Delegation Sue Breeze (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) – Deputy Head of Delegation Karen Hamling (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) – Deputy Head of Delegation Samantha Abrahams (Holocaust Educational Trust) - Communication Working Group Paula Cowan (University of the West of Scotland - Faculty of Education, Health and Social Sciences, School of Education) – Academic Working Group Alan Fell (JW3 - Jewish Community Centre London) – Education Working Group Trudy Gold (JW3 - Jewish Community Centre London) Jerold Gotel (JW3 - Jewish Community Centre London) – Education Working Group Ben Helfgott (’45 Aid Society of Holocaust Survivors) – Museums and Memorials Working Group Olivia Marks-Woldman (Holocaust Memorial Day Trust) – Museums and Memorials Working Group Alex Maws (Holocaust Educational Trust) – Education Working Group Michael Newman (Association of Jewish Refugees) – Communication Working Group Alice Pettigrew (Institute of Education, University of London) – Education Working Group Karen Pollock (Holocaust Educational Trust) – Education Working Group Paul Salmons (Institute of Education, University of London) – Education Working Group